The Welcome to episode 45 of the Charles C. W. Cook podcast, the one strategically placed after my voice

had come back.

Look, I got so busy with life

that I forgot to note this podcast's anniversary, which passed unmarked and un-celebrated 17 days ago.

I guess in the long run I'll pay for that. Had I remembered I could have got a small gift and organized a nice dinner out but having forgotten I'm now on the

hook for at least a spa day and probably a shopping expedition as well as of course being reminded each and every time I

publish a new episode about that time I forgot about the anniversary until 17 whole days had passed.

When I was putting on my headphones at the start of this session,

I could absolutely swear that I heard the podcast tell me in

hush tones that I never seem to forget which NFL games are on which day, which is of course true.

So I can only apologize and say that if it's any consolation,

I have greatly enjoyed the year that the podcast and I have spent together and I hope for many more in the future.

A lot of people have written to me since last episode and asked for an account of the NFL game I took my dad to in London and you're in luck. I wrote that trip up for the first issue of the new monthly

National Review magazine and you can find that

online if you have a subscription. I'll put the link in the show notes of this episode.

Long story short, it was terrific.

My dad loved the game and the sport,

and the jaguers won, beating the bills 25 to 20.

Now not everyone knows this but if you read between the lines in the Federalist papers

you'll find James Madison and Alexander Hamilton explaining that

while they have many hopes for the new country and its legal system, prime among them, is that the Jaguars will go on a bunch of

unbeaten runs. So there it is. That victory was both desirable and constitutional.

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